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From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Sets up Virtual Stores

P&G has set up a number of augmented reality, smartphone-enabled virtual stores in the Prague subways. In AdWeek. Not unique, but a creative effort. Going where... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 01:30 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Twenty Year Look at fMRI

A view of the only twenty year history of fMIRI scanning of the brain. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 01:18 PM

From Schneier on Security

The Economist on Lying

Two articles. And this is the cited work. schneier
From Schneier on Security | November 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

What To Tell Students About Computer Science

Last Friday I drove down to Cape Cod. Just over the Cape Cod canal via the Bourne Bridge is Upper Cape Tech. They have an outstanding culinary arts program andKinect... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | November 1, 2011 at 09:14 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Robots are Taking Mid-Level Jobs

Article suggests that many mid-level jobs are being taken by computing and robotics. Rapidly changing the economy. Technical jobs, though, should remain common... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 01:13 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Upcoming Healthcare Distruptive Meetup

An upcoming Continuous Web Meetup on disruptive healthcare innovation. " ... This month we're going to showcase a few founders that are disrupting the healthcare... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 01:00 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromarketing Standards Draft

Sendt along by Ron Wright of Sands Research: Thank you for attending the Advertising Week NeuroMarketing Forum!As promised, we are sending you the ARF's whitedraft... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | November 1, 2011 at 12:46 AM

From The Noisy Channel

RecSys 2011 Tutorial: Recommendations as a Conversation with the User

Last week, I had the privilege to present a tutorial at the 5th ACM International Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2011). Given my passion for HCIR and... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | October 31, 2011 at 11:39 PM

From Computer Science Teachers Association

Getting Ready for CS Ed Week

CS Ed Week is just around the corner, December 4 through 10, and now is the time to prepare for this week in celebration of Computer Science education and the impact...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | October 31, 2011 at 10:16 PM

From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 31

November 3 Hearing: The Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on STEM (science, technology... David B.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | October 31, 2011 at 06:24 PM

From Schneier on Security

Cell Phone Surveillance System

I was not surprised that police forces are buying this system, but at its capabilities. Britain's largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology... schneier
From Schneier on Security | October 31, 2011 at 05:29 PM

From Michael Nielsen

Book tour

Click through for event details. I’ve included a few private events at organizations where it’s possible some readers work. The Tech Museum (Bay Area) November... Michael Nielsen
From Michael Nielsen | October 31, 2011 at 04:46 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromarketing Still Raises Questions

Good thoughts in the AdAge Blog: Which pushes the Neurostandards Collaboration Project. Only some 20% of advertising succeeds. Everyone wants to understand non... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 31, 2011 at 04:42 PM

From Wild WebMink

? Eddi Reader this Thursday

I just picked up tickets to go see Eddi Reader in Southampton this Thursday, November 3rd. You may remember her as the heart of the band Fairground Attraction back... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | October 31, 2011 at 04:16 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

George Dyson on Innovation and Decisions

Walter Riker sends along a link. An interview with technology historian and philospher George Dyson on evolution and innovation. " ... Dyson: I think that we... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 31, 2011 at 04:09 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Have an Augmented Sundae at McDonalds

In the Junaio blog: The use of augmented reality on a smartphone for merchandising in fast food. " ... McDonald Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 31, 2011 at 03:56 PM

From Michael Nielsen

(Some) garbage in, gold out

During a recent talk David Weinberger asked me (paraphrasing) whether and how the nature of scientific knowledge will change when it’s produced by large networked... Michael Nielsen
From Michael Nielsen | October 31, 2011 at 03:49 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Intelligence and Social Networking

New models using social networking. In Information Management. While I agree that social netoworking can be useful in delivering and managing BI work, I think... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 31, 2011 at 03:46 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Designing Drugs with Augmented Reality

From Fastcodesign: How 3-D Printing And Augmented Reality Can Help Design Better Drugs. Clever idea, The idea of using the third dimension to augment design... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | October 31, 2011 at 03:08 PM

From Computational Complexity

The Digital Random Bit Generator

I started this month asking about the nature of randomness and how we generate it for our computers. Let me end the month talking about Intel's clever new digital... Lance Fortnow
From Computational Complexity | October 31, 2011 at 01:40 PM